As you might before stepping off a cliff, I hesitated, thinking of what the well-known curandero Don José Campos had told me in the busy Peruvian port of Pucallpa a few days before.

The sprawling beachfront resort offers all the upscale amenities Conrad, Hilton’s luxury brand, is becoming famous for: fine ...

Traditionally, a shaman or curandero — an experienced healer who leads Ayahuasca ceremonies — prepares the brew by boiling torn leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub and stalks of the ...

Instead, they first visit a curandero, a traditional female healer who can cleanse you with a combination of “magical” plants. She learns her craft from her mother and the knowledge is passed down ...

A class where children learn to make chocolate while building a sense of community; a poetry workshop where migrants write ...